I got a kitchen radio and am never looking back

Leave the DJing to the DJ.    ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  View this email in your browser | Manage newsletter preferences     Shopping Advice From the Epicurious Test Kitchen     Freedom of Choice Is Exhausting, That's Why I Have a Kitchen Radio     Nowadays music and television streaming services offer complete free rein over the media we choose to consume. You want to watch SVU for 30 hours straight? Go ahead. How about an auto-generated playlist that compiles the music you listen to all the time, so you can listen to it even more? Frankly, I find this wealth of options quite exhausting, especially when it comes time to listen to some music while cooking. This is why I have re-embraced the simple pleasure of FM radio, and why you might want to too. There is something liberating about having one less choice to make when I'm puttering around the stove. Instead of listening to the same songs over and over again, or impatiently skipping through new music that an app suggested to me and fretting about what to put on next, I just turn on my kitchen radio and let the whims of the disc jockey wash over me. When I'm cooking, I find the lack of choice on the radio allows me to focus on the task at hand. Yes, there are plenty of premade playlists and discovery algorithms at my disposal on my phone, but even with those, the options can be overwhelming. Paradoxically, the more freedom I have to choose the music I want to listen to, the more limited my listening becomes; I discover far more new music listening to the radio than I do on my own because I can't just hit skip to return to a loop of the same three ABBA songs.   If you don't relate to this fatigue, good for you. I'll hand you the aux cord next time we can gather. If you do, though, I suggest giving up this streaming utopia every once in a while. Get a kitchen radio to keep you company while you cook. Trust me, you will feel far better if you extract yourself from the phone completely and let the antenna do the work.   —Wilder Davies READ MORE Radios We Love All products featured on Epicurious are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we earn an affiliate commission. Crosley Tribute Radio Speaker $40 at Urban Outfitters SHOP NOW Victrola Retro Wood Bluetooth FM/AM Radio with Rotary Dial $40 at Macy's SHOP NOW Tivoli Model One AM/FM Table Radio $150 at B&H Photo SHOP NOW   This e-mail was sent to you by epicurious. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, epicurious@newsletters.epicurious.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021.  One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.